Open AccessEarly Canadian Icebreakers
Author(s) -
Rodger James Fraser
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
arctic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1923-1245
pISSN - 0004-0843
DOI - 10.14430/arctic3516
Subject(s) - bay , the arctic , arctic , service (business) , world war ii , geography , oceanography , meteorology , archaeology , geology , economy , economics
Reminisces on icebreaking vessels used in charting the Hudson Bay route prior to World War I. Several were sold to the Russians for war service in arctic waters, and one, the Earl Grey, subsequently became well known as the Fedor Litke.